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WASHINGTONUnsettled by the direction in which their party appeared to be headed, a small group of Republicans expressed concern Monday that blind worship of former President Donald Trump had begun to erode more traditional GOP values, such as the blind worship of former President Ronald Reagan.
Its deeply troubling to me that the Republican Party has devolved into little more than a cult of personality fixated on someone other than Ronald Reagan, said Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), who observed that the lionization of a man who over the past four years made life worse for millions of Americans was a dangerous distraction from the lionization of a man who did the same thing but in the 1980s.
Its disconcerting, with Trump, to see a charismatic entertainer hailed as the ultimate Republican despite a very troubling legacy. Thats supposed to be Reagans role. When it comes to the unquestioning acceptance of a man who demonized minorities and made rich people richer at the expense of working families, we must always direct our abject fealty toward the 40th president, not the 45th.
Later in the day, after meeting with GOP congressional leaders and receiving numerous calls from top donors, Kinzinger acknowledged Trump was indeed one of the greatest leaders our country had ever had.
https://www.theonion.com/republicans-worried-blind-worship-of-trump-overriding-t-1846957120
Wounded Bear
(58,605 posts)StClone
(11,682 posts)More avuncular, homey, but just as dangerous as he led us to this moment in the Trumpian era.
ShazamIam
(2,564 posts)the logical outcome of the changes in the Republican party that began with the Nixon election, delivered with dirty tricks and corruption. Like 2 assassinations, and riots and special demonstrations at his campaign appearances along with his promis to lock up all those anti-war hippies and Civil Rights seeking people of color.
colsohlibgal
(5,275 posts)He cut the top marginal tax rates severely, from where it had been since FDR.
Then he quietly did away with the Fairness Doctrine which, along with the low tax rates on the Richie Riches, gradually it led to Fox News, OAN, NewsMax, Rush Limbaugh, etc. gradually it changed the brains of consistent viewers, eventually. That has now created crazy right wingers like MTG, and the insane election shenanigans by the likes of Cyber Ninjas.
Can we get our Country back? Stay tuned.
dalton99a
(81,406 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(144,945 posts)bullwinkle428
(20,628 posts)K&R.
andym
(5,443 posts)Trump would have it no other way. There is room to worship only one demigod in the GOP. Mary Trump explains it very well, Trump is a egomaniac emptying the room of all idols but for himself.